Mbelai Surname
Approximately 131 people bear this surname
Mbelai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 130 | 1:407,243 | 28,711 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Mbelai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Mbelai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Mbelai occurs more in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Mbelai? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,565,797th most prevalent surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 55,630,121 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Mbelai live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in East Bantu Africa.
It is most widely held in Tanzania, where it is borne by 130 people, or 1 in 407,243. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Pwani Region, where 97 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 3 percent reside. Barring Tanzania Mbelai occurs in one country. It is also common in Nigeria, where 1 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Mbelai
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